Collate was founded by Surbhi Sarna, Nate Smith, Jigish Patel.

Who are Collate's investors?

Collate's investors include Astia, CRV (Charles River Ventures), Venrock.

How much funding has Collate raised?

Collate has disclosed $95M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.

Collate

3 known investors

Collate builds AI-native software to automate documentation workflows across drug development and commercialization for life sciences companies. The platform uses machine learning to reduce manual paperwork so research and commercial teams can focus on advancing their core work.

AI & Machine Learning Biotech Enterprise Software Medical Devices

Founders & leadership

Surbhi Sarna inCEO and FounderSurbhi Sarna is CEO and founder of Collate, which builds AI workflows to automate documentation for life sciences companies. She previously founded the life science company nVision, acquired by Boston Scientific in 2018, spent about 4.5 years as a General Partner at Y Combinator, serves on public and private company boards, and authored the book "Without a Doubt" (Simon and Schuster, 2023).

Nate Smith in 𝕏FounderNate Smith is the founder and CTO of Collate, an AI platform that automates documentation workflows for life sciences companies across diagnostics, medical devices, and drug development. He previously co-founded Lever, where he served as CEO and CTO, and has worked as a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator and a Product Manager at Google; he studied at Olin College, where he now serves on the Board of Trustees.

Jigish Patel inFounderFounder, Chief Architect, and Security Officer of Collate, an AI platform that automates documentation workflows for diagnostic, medical device, and drug development companies. He was previously a Staff Software Engineer on Airbnb's Cloud Infrastructure Team and a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix on its Compute and Real Time Data Infrastructure teams, and developed and maintained Slate, a macOS window tiling application.

Aparna ElangovanHead of AI

Sanchay HarnejaHead of Engineering

Benjamin PastelFounding Software Engineer

Jordan AlperinFounding Software Engineer

Emmie HeFounding Software Engineer

Brandon RomeroFounding Software Engineer

Investors · 3

AstiaSilicon Valley

CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M

VenrockPalo Alto · $500K – $10M

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$95M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2025–2026

$95MraisedJun 2026 · 2 sources
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Undisclosed amountSeries AJul 2025
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Competitors · 1

by search overlap

Pelica7 shared keywordsPelica Health builds an AI operating system for value-based care, helping healthcare organizations close care gaps and manage operations across multiple vendor systems. The platform is designed for health plans and value-based care providers managing quality metrics and clinical workflows.

Companies competing with Collate for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

In the news

Collate Raises $95M in Funding at Almost $1 Billion Valuationfinsmes.com · Jun 2026

Collate Raises $95M to Transform Life Sciences AI - Ventureburnventureburn.com · Jun 2026

Collate Raises $10M Series A to Solve the Data Intelligence Challenges for Enterprise Customersprnewswire.com · Jul 2025

Frequently asked questions

What does Collate do?: Collate builds AI-native software to automate documentation workflows across drug development and commercialization for life sciences companies. The platform uses machine learning to reduce manual paperwork so research and commercial teams can focus on advancing their core work.
Who founded Collate?: Collate was founded by Surbhi Sarna, Nate Smith, Jigish Patel.
Who are Collate's investors?: Collate's investors include Astia, CRV (Charles River Ventures), Venrock.
How much funding has Collate raised?: Collate has disclosed $95M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.